Product Development Engineer (FPGA)

Location: San Jose, California, United States; Shift 1.

Salary: $106,200–$153,675 USD annually for the Bay Area, California.

Company

hirify.global develops programmable logic technology and FPGA products.

What you will do

• Architect, develop, validate, and productize manufacturing test content for FPGAs to detect manufacturing defects.
• Develop DFT strategies including scan insertion, BIST, test compression, and testability features with RTL design and verification teams.
• Define test plans, patterns, and fault models, and develop MBIST manufacturing test flows and scripts.
• Simulate and validate pre-silicon test patterns before tape-out; analyze test results, debug silicon failures, and determine root causes.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and test teams to optimize test time, cost, quality, coverage, and yield.
• Analyze customer returns and fallout data to close test holes and reduce test time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with 3+ years of industry experience in IC design and IC test.
• Experience with DFT methodologies including scan chains, Memory BIST, ATPG, boundary scan, test compression, IJTAG, and JTAG networks.
• Experience with test development tools such as Tessent IJTAG, Tessent MemoryBIST, FastScan, and Tessent Shell.
• Experience with RTL design, synthesis, and verification flows.
• Experience with fault grading, test time analysis, test coverage analysis, and test yield enhancement.
• Scripting skills in Python, Perl, TCL, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing test processes and digital and analog circuit fundamentals.
• Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent or related Engineering degree.
• Experience with Tessent MBIST flows for pattern development and knowledge of memory repair schemes and memory algorithms.
• Post-silicon experience with pattern conversion, ATE pattern bring-up, and silicon characterization.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time position in the Manufacturing Content Development Engineering Group.
• Incentive opportunities based on individual and company performance.
• Work is associated with Shift 1 in the United States of America.